SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES
25. Almeida RM, Schmitt R, Grodsky SM, Flecker AS, Gomes CP, Zhao L, Liu H, Barros N, Kelman R, McIntyre PB. (2022). Floating solar power could help fight climate change--let's get it right. Nature 606:246-249
24. Flecker AS, Shi Q, Almeida RM. (2022). Reducing adverse impacts of Amazon hydropower expansion. Science 375:6582
23. Almeida RM, Fleischmann AS, Angarita A, Brêda JPF, Cardoso DS, Collischonn W, Forsberg B, García-Villacorta R, Hamilton SK, Paiva R, Poff NL, Sethi SA, Shi Q, Gomes CP, Flecker AS. (2021). Climate change may impair electricity generation and economic viability of future Amazon hydropower. Global Environmental Change 71:102383
22. Santos JA, Quadra GR, Almeida RM, Soranço L, Lobo H, Rocha VN, Bialetzki A, Roland F, Reis Jr JL, Barros N. (2021). Sublethal effects of environmental concentrations of caffeine on a Neotropical freshwater fish. Ecotoxicology 31:161-167
21. Paranaíba JR, Barros N, Almeida RM, Linkhorst A, Mendonça R, Vale R, Roland F, Sobek S. (2020). Hotspots of diffusive CO2 and CH4 emission from reservoirs shift through time. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 126, e2020JG006014
20. Almeida RM, Hamilton SK, Rosi EJ, Barros N, Doria CRC, Flecker AS, Fleischmann AS, Reisinger AJ, Roland F. (2020). Hydropeaking operations of two run-of-river mega-dams alter downstream hydrology of the largest Amazon tributary. Frontiers in Environmental Science 6:120
19. Paschoalini M, Almeida RM, Trujillo J, Melo-Santos G, Marmontel M, Pavanato HJ, Guerra FM, Ristau N, Zerbini AN. (2020). On the brink of isolation: Population estimates of the Araguaian river dolphin in a human-impacted region in Brazil. PLoS ONE 15(4): e0231224
18. Paranaíba JR, Quadra G, Josué P, Almeida RM, Mendonça R, Cardoso SJ, Silva J, Kosten S, Campos JM, Almeida J, Araujo RL, Roland F, Barros N. (2020). Sediment drying-rewetting cycles enhance greenhouse gas emissions, nutrient and trace element release, and promote water cytogenotoxicity. PLoS ONE 15(4): e023108
17. Amado AM, Almeida RM, Cardoso SJ, Santos JA, Camargo AFM. (2020). Editorial: Freshwater sustainability and aquatic ecology in a fast-changing world. Acta Limnological Brasiliensia 32:e100
16. Junger PJ, Almeida RM, Mendonça R, Farjalla VF, Melo RCN, Roland F, Barros. (2020). Not all viruses in nature are human enemies: A perspective on aquatic virus ecology in Brazil. Acta Limnological Brasiliensia 32:e105
15. Almeida RM, Shi Q, Gomes-Selman JM, Wu X, Xue Y, Angarita H, Barros N, Forsberg BR, García-Villacorta R, Hamilton SK, Melack JM, Montoya M, Perez G, Sethi S, Gomes CP, Flecker AS. (2019). Reducing greenhouse gas emissions of Amazon hydropower with strategic dam planning. Nature Communications 10:4281
14. Almeida RM, Hamilton SK, Rosi EJ, Arantes Jr JD, Barros N, Boemer G, Gripp A, Huszar VLM, Junger PC, Lima M, Pacheco F, Carvalho D, Reisinger AJ, Silva LHS, Roland F. (2019). Limnological effects of a large Amazonian run-of-river dam on the main river and drowned tributary valleys. Scientific Reports 9:16846
13. Almeida RM, Paranaíba JR, Barbosa I, Sobek S, Kosten S, Linkhorst A, Mendonça R, Quadra G, Roland F, Barros N. (2019). Carbon dioxide emission from drawdown areas of a Brazilian reservoir is linked to surrounding land cover. Aquatic Sciences 81:68
11. Feitosa IB, Huszar VLM, Domingues CD, Appel E, Paranhos R, Almeida RM, Branco CWC, Bastos WR, Sarmento H. (2019). Plankton community interactions in an Amazonian floodplain lake, from bacteria to zooplankton. Hydrobiologia https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-018-3855-x
10. Quadra G, Roland F, Barros N, Malm O, Lino AS, Azevedo GM, Thomaz JR, Andrade-Vieira LF, Praça-Fontes MM, Almeida RM, Mendonça RF, Cardoso SJ, Guida YS, Campos JMS. (2019). Far-reaching cytogenotoxic effects of mine waste from the Fundão dam disaster in Brazil. Chemosphere 215:753-757
9. Almeida RM, Han BA, Reisinger AJ, Kagemann C, Rosi E. (2018). High mortality in aquatic predators of mosquito larvae caused by exposure to insect repellent. Biology Letters14(10):20180526
8. Paranaíba JR, Barros N, Mendonça R, Linkhorst A, Isidorova A, Roland F, Almeida RM, Sobek S. (2018). Spatially resolved measurements of CO2 and CH4 concentration and gas-exchange velocity highly influence carbon-emission estimates of reservoirs. Environmental Science & Technology 52(2):607-615
7. Almeida RM, Pacheco FS, Barros N, Rosi E, Roland F. (2017). Extreme floods increase CO2 outgassing from a large Amazonian river. Limnology & Oceanography 62(3):989-999
6. Almeida RM, Lovejoy T, Roland F. (2016). Brazil’s Amazon conservation in peril. Science 353(6296):228-229
5. Almeida RM, Nobrega GN, Junger PC, Figueiredo AV, Andrade AS, Moura CGB, Tonetta D, Oliveira Jr ES, Araujo F, Rust F, Piñeiro-Guerra JM, Mendonça Jr JR, Medeiros LR, Pinheiro L, Miranda M, Costa MRA, Melo ML, Nobre RLG, Benevides T, Roland R, de Klein J, Barros NO, Mendonça R, Becker V, Huszar VLM, Kosten S. (2016). High primary production contrasts with intense carbon emission in a eutrophic tropical reservoir. Frontiers in Microbiology 7 Article 717
4. Almeida RM, Roland F, Cardoso SJ, Farjalla VF, Bozelli RL, Barros NO. (2015). Viruses and bacteria in floodplain lakes along a major Amazon tributary respond to distance to the Amazon River. Frontiers in Microbiology 6 Article 158
3. Almeida RM, Tranvik L, Huszar VLM, Sobek S, Mendonça R, Barros N, Boemer G, Arantes Jr JD, Roland F. (2015). Phosphorus transport by the largest Amazon tributary (Madeira River, Brazil) and its sensitivity to precipitation and damming. Inland Waters 5(3):275-282
2. Almeida RM, Barros N, Cole JJ, Tranvik L, Roland F. (2013). Emissions from Amazonian dams. Nature Climate Change 3(12):1005
1. Almeida RM, Pinto VG, Castro MM, Divino AC, Alves ACA, Vasconcelos D, Silva MRM, Namede N, Lima RNS, Mello RM, Siviero TS, Martins T, Campos V, Conde BE, Brito PS, Favoreto FC, Vidal LO, Roland F. (2013). Addressing key ecological questions to support policy-making in Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Biology 73(2):455-456
24. Flecker AS, Shi Q, Almeida RM. (2022). Reducing adverse impacts of Amazon hydropower expansion. Science 375:6582
23. Almeida RM, Fleischmann AS, Angarita A, Brêda JPF, Cardoso DS, Collischonn W, Forsberg B, García-Villacorta R, Hamilton SK, Paiva R, Poff NL, Sethi SA, Shi Q, Gomes CP, Flecker AS. (2021). Climate change may impair electricity generation and economic viability of future Amazon hydropower. Global Environmental Change 71:102383
22. Santos JA, Quadra GR, Almeida RM, Soranço L, Lobo H, Rocha VN, Bialetzki A, Roland F, Reis Jr JL, Barros N. (2021). Sublethal effects of environmental concentrations of caffeine on a Neotropical freshwater fish. Ecotoxicology 31:161-167
21. Paranaíba JR, Barros N, Almeida RM, Linkhorst A, Mendonça R, Vale R, Roland F, Sobek S. (2020). Hotspots of diffusive CO2 and CH4 emission from reservoirs shift through time. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 126, e2020JG006014
20. Almeida RM, Hamilton SK, Rosi EJ, Barros N, Doria CRC, Flecker AS, Fleischmann AS, Reisinger AJ, Roland F. (2020). Hydropeaking operations of two run-of-river mega-dams alter downstream hydrology of the largest Amazon tributary. Frontiers in Environmental Science 6:120
19. Paschoalini M, Almeida RM, Trujillo J, Melo-Santos G, Marmontel M, Pavanato HJ, Guerra FM, Ristau N, Zerbini AN. (2020). On the brink of isolation: Population estimates of the Araguaian river dolphin in a human-impacted region in Brazil. PLoS ONE 15(4): e0231224
18. Paranaíba JR, Quadra G, Josué P, Almeida RM, Mendonça R, Cardoso SJ, Silva J, Kosten S, Campos JM, Almeida J, Araujo RL, Roland F, Barros N. (2020). Sediment drying-rewetting cycles enhance greenhouse gas emissions, nutrient and trace element release, and promote water cytogenotoxicity. PLoS ONE 15(4): e023108
17. Amado AM, Almeida RM, Cardoso SJ, Santos JA, Camargo AFM. (2020). Editorial: Freshwater sustainability and aquatic ecology in a fast-changing world. Acta Limnological Brasiliensia 32:e100
16. Junger PJ, Almeida RM, Mendonça R, Farjalla VF, Melo RCN, Roland F, Barros. (2020). Not all viruses in nature are human enemies: A perspective on aquatic virus ecology in Brazil. Acta Limnological Brasiliensia 32:e105
15. Almeida RM, Shi Q, Gomes-Selman JM, Wu X, Xue Y, Angarita H, Barros N, Forsberg BR, García-Villacorta R, Hamilton SK, Melack JM, Montoya M, Perez G, Sethi S, Gomes CP, Flecker AS. (2019). Reducing greenhouse gas emissions of Amazon hydropower with strategic dam planning. Nature Communications 10:4281
14. Almeida RM, Hamilton SK, Rosi EJ, Arantes Jr JD, Barros N, Boemer G, Gripp A, Huszar VLM, Junger PC, Lima M, Pacheco F, Carvalho D, Reisinger AJ, Silva LHS, Roland F. (2019). Limnological effects of a large Amazonian run-of-river dam on the main river and drowned tributary valleys. Scientific Reports 9:16846
13. Almeida RM, Paranaíba JR, Barbosa I, Sobek S, Kosten S, Linkhorst A, Mendonça R, Quadra G, Roland F, Barros N. (2019). Carbon dioxide emission from drawdown areas of a Brazilian reservoir is linked to surrounding land cover. Aquatic Sciences 81:68
11. Feitosa IB, Huszar VLM, Domingues CD, Appel E, Paranhos R, Almeida RM, Branco CWC, Bastos WR, Sarmento H. (2019). Plankton community interactions in an Amazonian floodplain lake, from bacteria to zooplankton. Hydrobiologia https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-018-3855-x
10. Quadra G, Roland F, Barros N, Malm O, Lino AS, Azevedo GM, Thomaz JR, Andrade-Vieira LF, Praça-Fontes MM, Almeida RM, Mendonça RF, Cardoso SJ, Guida YS, Campos JMS. (2019). Far-reaching cytogenotoxic effects of mine waste from the Fundão dam disaster in Brazil. Chemosphere 215:753-757
9. Almeida RM, Han BA, Reisinger AJ, Kagemann C, Rosi E. (2018). High mortality in aquatic predators of mosquito larvae caused by exposure to insect repellent. Biology Letters14(10):20180526
8. Paranaíba JR, Barros N, Mendonça R, Linkhorst A, Isidorova A, Roland F, Almeida RM, Sobek S. (2018). Spatially resolved measurements of CO2 and CH4 concentration and gas-exchange velocity highly influence carbon-emission estimates of reservoirs. Environmental Science & Technology 52(2):607-615
7. Almeida RM, Pacheco FS, Barros N, Rosi E, Roland F. (2017). Extreme floods increase CO2 outgassing from a large Amazonian river. Limnology & Oceanography 62(3):989-999
6. Almeida RM, Lovejoy T, Roland F. (2016). Brazil’s Amazon conservation in peril. Science 353(6296):228-229
5. Almeida RM, Nobrega GN, Junger PC, Figueiredo AV, Andrade AS, Moura CGB, Tonetta D, Oliveira Jr ES, Araujo F, Rust F, Piñeiro-Guerra JM, Mendonça Jr JR, Medeiros LR, Pinheiro L, Miranda M, Costa MRA, Melo ML, Nobre RLG, Benevides T, Roland R, de Klein J, Barros NO, Mendonça R, Becker V, Huszar VLM, Kosten S. (2016). High primary production contrasts with intense carbon emission in a eutrophic tropical reservoir. Frontiers in Microbiology 7 Article 717
4. Almeida RM, Roland F, Cardoso SJ, Farjalla VF, Bozelli RL, Barros NO. (2015). Viruses and bacteria in floodplain lakes along a major Amazon tributary respond to distance to the Amazon River. Frontiers in Microbiology 6 Article 158
3. Almeida RM, Tranvik L, Huszar VLM, Sobek S, Mendonça R, Barros N, Boemer G, Arantes Jr JD, Roland F. (2015). Phosphorus transport by the largest Amazon tributary (Madeira River, Brazil) and its sensitivity to precipitation and damming. Inland Waters 5(3):275-282
2. Almeida RM, Barros N, Cole JJ, Tranvik L, Roland F. (2013). Emissions from Amazonian dams. Nature Climate Change 3(12):1005
1. Almeida RM, Pinto VG, Castro MM, Divino AC, Alves ACA, Vasconcelos D, Silva MRM, Namede N, Lima RNS, Mello RM, Siviero TS, Martins T, Campos V, Conde BE, Brito PS, Favoreto FC, Vidal LO, Roland F. (2013). Addressing key ecological questions to support policy-making in Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Biology 73(2):455-456
PUBLICATIONS IN NEWS AND POPULAR SCIENCE OUTLETS
- Almeida RM. (2016). Hidrelétricas: novos estudos aprimoram estimativa de emissões dos reservatórios. ((o))eco
- Almeida RM. (2016). Aedes aegypti: Liberar a pulverização de pesticidas por aeronaves éuma solução? Nexo Jornal
- Almeida RM, Lovejoy T, Roland F. (2016). Recessão não pode justificar fim do licenciamento ambiental. ((o))eco
- Roland F and Almeida RM. (2016). Proposta de emenda à Constituição Federal coloca o Brasil em perigo. SRZD.com
- Almeida RM, Tófoli R, El Bizri H. (2016). Crise e retrocessos na legislação ambiental. Ciência Hoje 342:48-49